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Cambridge university has become the first to respond to pleas by Michael Gove,
the Education Secretary, to take a lead in redesigning A levels.

The university’s department of pure mathematics, and academics including Sir
Tim Gowers, have responded to appeals from Mr Gove for universities to take
the lead in specifying the content of new A-level courses.

The proposed new Cambridge courses in A-level maths would include complex
numbers, trigonometry, combinatorics, probability and centres of mass. But
the university says it may take five years to design A levels ready for
teaching.